Graduate Automotive Engineering Education Innovation – Deep Orange Program Collaborative Industry Partnerships Enable System Engineering Based Approach for Project-Focused Learning

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. He is the faculty elected Leader of the Connected Vehicle Technology Faculty Research Group in the College of Engineering and Science and the Leader of the Deep Orange 8 Program. Dr. Pisu also holds a joint appointment with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Clemson University. He is the Director of the DOE GATE Hybrid Electric Powertrain Laboratory and the Creative Car Laboratory. His research interests lie in the area of functional safety, security, control and optimization of Cyber-Physical Systems with emphasis in both theoretical formulation and virtual/hardware-in-the-loop validation. He published 34 journal papers and 80 conference papers; he holds 3 patents and published a book on "Fault Detection and Isolation with Applications to Vehicle Systems". He is a member of SAE, ASME and IEEE.Dr. Andrej Ivanco Prof. Robert Gary Prucka, Clemson University Dr. Robert Prucka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Automotive Engineering at the Clemson University -International Center for Automotive Research. His research and teaching interests include the design, performance, control, calibration, and emissions of advanced internal combustion engines. He has extensive engine testing experience, including dynamometer cell design and advanced instrumentation development. Currently, his research group is developing novel experimental techniques, simulations and control strategies for advanced high degree of freedom spark-ignition engines to improve fuel economy and reduce time to market. Dr. Prucka is also the team leader for one of the current Deep Orange prototype vehicle programs at Clemson University, the faculty advisor for the Clemson University -Racing student team, and is active in the motorsports engineering initiatives of the Brooks Sports Science Institute. He has three degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan; PhD (2008), MSE (2004) and BSE. (2000). Prior to joining Clemson Robert has worked for the Ford Motor Company and as an independent consultant for racing engine companies. AbstractThrough traditional education associated with engineering disciplines, students are expected to become familiar with fundamental engineering design and principles through a series of engineering materials explanations, stages of assignments and class projects. The usual knowledge flow offered to engineering students is based on a step-by-step process taught by faculty using text books. Design solutions to real world problems often require approaches that cannot be obtained from traditional text books, such as the formulation of meaningful ideas, setting realistic design requirements, learning to execute trade-offs, balancing competing priorities, and communicating with colleagues that have different technical backgrounds. This paper presents the implementation of a system-based, sponsor-partner, collaboration focused, learning approach within the curriculum of the Department of Automotive Engineering at Clemson University which meets these realworld design engineering ...

Innovative Graduate Engineering Education Implemented with Project-focused Learning: A Case Study—The Clemson University Deep Orange 3 Vehicle Prototype Program

“…The Automotive Engineering Department at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CUICAR) has created an educational framework that incorporates this project-focused approach within a component of their graduate curriculum known as Deep Orange (DO). The DO initiative 5 was developed to provide graduate students with hands-on experience of vehicle development knowledge in various engineering disciplines and related fields (such as marketing and human factors psychology).…”

Continued Development of an Integrated Capstone Design Curriculum

“…However, multi-semester project based learning paired with multi-course years at the undergraduate level is uncommon if executed at all. The Automotive Engineering department at Clemson University has operated and demonstrated a similar curricula for Master's students since 2010 [5,6]. The program at Clemson University is a two year project which utilizes cross curricular activities resulting in a functional concept vehicle.…”